2024 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States

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The Supreme Court of the United States has so far handed down five per curiam opinions during its 2024 term, which began October 7, 2024, and will conclude October 5, 2025. [1]

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Because per curiam decisions are issued from the Court as an institution, these opinions all lack the attribution of authorship or joining votes to specific justices. All justices on the Court at the time the decision was handed down are assumed to have participated and concurred unless otherwise noted.

Court membership

Chief Justice: John Roberts

Associate Justices: Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, Ketanji Brown Jackson

Hamm v. Smith

Full caption:John Q. Hamm, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections v. Joseph Clifton Smith
Citations:604 U.S. ___
Prior history:Smith v. Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, 67 F. 4th 1335 (2023)
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604 U.S. ___
Decided November 4, 2024.
Eleventh Circuit vacated and remanded.

Justices Thomas and Gorsuch noted that they would grant the petition for certiorari and schedule the case for oral argument, but did not write a separate opinion.

TikTok v. Garland

Full caption:TikTok Inc., Et Al. v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General
Citations:604 U.S. ___
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Full text of the opinion: official slip opinion

604 U.S. ___
Decided January 17, 2025.
D.C. Circuit affirmed.

Justice Sotomayor wrote an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgement. Justice Gorsuch wrote an opinion concurring in the judgement.

Andrew v. White

Full caption:Brenda Evers Andrew v. Tamika White, Warden
Citations:604 U.S. ___
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Full text of the opinion: official slip opinion

604 U.S. ___
Decided January 21, 2025.
10th circuit vacated and remanded.

Justice Thomas, joined by Gorsuch, wrote a dissenting opinion. Justice Alito wrote an opinion concurring in the judgement.

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Notes

  1. The description of two cases have been omitted:
    • In Facebook, Inc. v. Amalgamated Bank, 604 U.S. ___ (2024), the Court dismissed the writ of certiorari as improvidently granted without any noted dissents or other written statements.
    • In NVIDIA Corp. v. E. Ohman J:or Fonder AB, 604 U.S. ___ (2024), the Court dismissed the writ of certiorari as improvidently granted without any noted dissents or other written statements.

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